After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.
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Cast
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Kôji Imada | ... |
Nishi (voice)
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Sayaka Maeda | ... |
Myon (voice)
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| Takashi Fujii | ... |
Jiisan (voice)
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Seiko Takuma | ... |
Yan (voice)
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Tomomitsu Yamaguchi | ... |
Ryou (voice)
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Toshio Sakata | ... |
Father of Myon and Yan (voice)
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Jôji Shimaki | ... |
Yakuza boss (voice)
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Rintarô Nishi | ... |
Yakuza (voice)
(as Rintarou Nishi)
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Kenichi Chujou | ... |
Atsu (voice)
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Directed by
| Masaaki Yuasa | ||
| Kôji Morimoto | ... | (Mind Game Remix) |
Written by
| Robin Nishi | ... | (comic) |
| Masaaki Yuasa | ... | (screenplay) |
Produced by
| Michael Arias | ... | associate director: English-language sequences |
| Rika Hatakeda | ... | producer: Mind Game Remix |
| Takaaki Kusaka | ... | executive producer |
| Munetoshi Matsuo | ... | associate producer |
| Tamotsu Shiina | ... | executive producer |
| Yutaka Suzuki | ... | film producer |
| Eiko Tanaka | ... | executive producer |
| Masarô Toyoshima | ... | associate producer (as Masarou Toyoshima) |
Music by
| Fayray | ||
| Seiichi Yamamoto | ||
Editing by
| Keiko Mizuta | ||
Editorial Department
| Akiko Saitô | ... | editor: Mind Game Remix |
| Mutsumi Takemiya | ... | editor: Mind Game Remix |
Art Direction by
| Tôru Hishiyama | ... | (as Toru Hishiyama) |
Art Department
| Momoe Aoki | ... | color designer |
| Miyuki Itô | ... | color designer (as Miyuki Ito) |
| Kifumi Shinbayashi | ... | assistant art director |
| Tomoko Washida | ... | color key |
Sound Department
| Takeshi Imaizumi | ... | sound recordist: Tokyo TV Center |
| Kôji Kasamatsu | ... | sound effects editor (as Koji Kasamatsu) |
| Noriko Katô | ... | adr: Studio T&T |
| Hideaki Kizawa | ... | adr: Studio T&T |
| Kohei Oishi | ... | adr director |
| Hajime Takagi | ... | sound recordist: Tokyo TV Center |
| Masashi Yabuhara | ... | multi-audio engineer |
Visual Effects by
| Hiroki Hirano | ... | cgi |
| Yûsuke Hirota | ... | cgi (as Yusuke Hirota) |
| Mayu Ito | ... | cgi |
| Akihiro Kawamura | ... | cgi |
| Takayuki Kusaki | ... | cgi |
| Kumiko Naruke | ... | cgi |
| Takuma Sakamoto | ... | cgi |
| Keisuke Sasagawa | ... | cgi director |
| Nobuyuki Shiokama | ... | cgi |
| Naoko Sugita | ... | cgi |
| Wakako Takahashi | ... | cgi |
| Minoru Terao | ... | cgi |
| Daiichi Yasuta | ... | cgi |
Animation Department
| Eiji Abiko | ... | key animator |
| Yasuhiro Aoki | ... | key animator |
| Kazuhiro Arai | ... | background artist |
| Tomomi Asawa | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Yoshiharu Ashino | ... | key animator |
| Yumi Chiba | ... | key animator |
| Kazuo Ebisawa | ... | background artist |
| Kazuko Fujii | ... | background artist |
| Keiko Gôda | ... | digital ink & paint artist (as Keiko Gouda) |
| Kasumi Hara | ... | inbetween animator |
| Chiharu Haraguchi | ... | inbetween animator |
| Takumi Honma | ... | background artist |
| Riyo Horiguchi | ... | inbetween animator |
| Kazumi Hosokawa | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Machi Ichihara | ... | inbetween animator |
| Miyoko Ichinose | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Naoko Inohara | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Keiko Inoue | ... | inbetween animator |
| Yusuke Ishizuka | ... | inbetween animator |
| Sagako Itakura | ... | background artist |
| Nobutaka Itô | ... | key animator (as Nobutaka Ito) |
| Toshiyuki Itô | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Emiko Iwayanagi | ... | inbetween animator |
| Toshihisa Kaiya | ... | key animator |
| Mutsuko Kajigaya | ... | inbetween animation supervisor |
| Hideki Kakita | ... | key animator |
| Yukari Kaku | ... | inbetween animator |
| Jirô Kanai | ... | key animator |
| Junko Kanauchi | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Hitomi Kashihara | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Naomi Kasugai | ... | background artist |
| Hitoshi Katsura | ... | inbetween animator |
| Kazuya Kimura | ... | inbetween animator |
| Kunihiko Kimura | ... | inbetween animator |
| Kazuhiro Kinoshita | ... | background artist |
| Hiromi Kobayashi | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Shin'ya Kokaji | ... | inbetween animator |
| Hisashi Koyanagi | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Masahiko Kubo | ... | assistant animation director / layout artist |
| Chizuko Kusunoki | ... | inbetween animator |
| Ayumi Maruyama | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Megumi Matsuo | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Maya Matsuura | ... | inbetween animator |
| Yumiko Mihara | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Ryûsuke Minami | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Naoko Miyahara | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Miyako Miyano | ... | key animator |
| Kumiko Mizoguchi | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Atsushi Morikawa | ... | background artist |
| Kôji Morimoto | ... | animation director |
| Akiko Morisue | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Toyo Morita | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Kayoko Nabeta | ... | key animator |
| Chikako Nakamura | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Sachi Nakamura | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Hiroshi Nakanishi | ... | key animator |
| Daisuke Nakayama | ... | key animator |
| Masae Nakayama | ... | key animator |
| Rie Niidome | ... | inbetween animator |
| Sae Nirazuka | ... | in-between animation checker (as Sae Niraduka) |
| Minoru Nishida | ... | background artist |
| Mayumi Nishigami | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Hidemi Nishikage | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Masumi Nishikawa | ... | background artist |
| Shôjirô Nishimi | ... | key animator (as Shoujirou Nishimi) |
| Hiroyuki Nishimura | ... | key animator |
| Yôhei Nishiwaki | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Kazuya Nomura | ... | key animator |
| Katsu Nozaki | ... | background artist |
| Nobutoshi Ogura | ... | key animator |
| Fumitoshi Oizaki | ... | key animator (as Fumitoshi Oisaki) |
| Yuki Okada | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Junko Sanuki | ... | inbetween animator |
| Keiichi Sasajima | ... | key animator |
| Yukiko Sato | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Masahiro Satô | ... | key animator |
| Mima Satô | ... | digital ink & paint artist (as Mima Sato) |
| Shinobu Satô | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Yûko Sawamura | ... | digital ink & paint artist (as Yuko Sawamura) |
| Hideki Sekiguchi | ... | key animator |
| Masayuki Sekine | ... | key animator |
| Eriko Shibata | ... | inbetween animator |
| Ritsuko Shiina | ... | inbetween animator |
| Yûichi Suehiro | ... | background artist (as Yuichi Suehiro) |
| Yûichirô Sueyoshi | ... | character designer (as Yuichiro Sueyoshi) / chief animation director (as Yuichiro Sueyoshi) |
| Hiromi Sugakawa | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Yutaka Sumi | ... | inbetween animator |
| Fumiko Suzuki | ... | inbetween animator |
| Kayoko Suzuki | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Masaharu Tada | ... | key animator |
| Hiroshi Takaguchi | ... | key animator (as Hiromu Takaguchi) |
| Hideki Takahashi | ... | key animator |
| Yûko Takahashi | ... | inbetween animator |
| Naoto Takemoto | ... | key animator (as Masato Takemoto) |
| Masato Tamagawa | ... | key animator |
| Seiki Tamura | ... | background artist |
| Kazushi Tanaka | ... | inbetween animator |
| Yûichi Tanaka | ... | key animator (as Yuichi Tanaka) |
| Sayuri Tanasaki | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Mariko Tazaki | ... | background artist (as Mariko Tasaki) |
| Ushio Tazawa | ... | key animator |
| Katsuyuki Tsubouchi | ... | key animator |
| Akie Tsutsumi | ... | inbetween animator |
| Yûko Ueda | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Chie Uratani | ... | key animator |
| Yasunari Usuda | ... | background artist |
| Hiro Wada | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Makoto Yamada | ... | key animator |
| Ken'ichi Yamaguchi | ... | key animator (as Kenichi Yamaguchi) |
| Hisashi Yamamoto | ... | inbetween animator |
| Aya Yoshii | ... | digital ink & paint artist |
| Masaki Yoshizaki | ... | background artist |
| Tomoyuki Ôshita | ... | inbetween animator |
| Hiroko Ôtsuki | ... | digital ink & paint artist (as Hiroko Otsuki) |
| Shin'ya Ôhira | ... | key animator (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Yôko Kanno | ... | performer: piano |
| Shin'ichirô Watanabe | ... | music producer |
Additional Crew
| Christian Storms | ... | subtitler: English |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Asmik Ace Entertainment (2004) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Asumikku Êsu)
- Rentrak Japan K.K. (2004) (Japan) (DVD) (as Rentorakku Japan)
- Channel Neco (2007) (Japan) (tv) (as Channeru Neko)
- Madman Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD) (as Madman)
- Madman Entertainment (2008) (New Zealand) (DVD) (as Madman)
- Agnès B. (2009) (France) (DVD) (as agnès b. DVD)
- Potemkine Films (2009) (France) (DVD)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2009) (Austria) (DVD)
- Rapid Eye Movies (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
- Netflix (2015) (Australia) (video) (internet)
- Netflix (2015) (Canada) (video) (internet)
- Netflix (2015) (Ireland) (video) (internet)
- Netflix (2015) (Japan) (video) (internet)
- Netflix (2015) (New Zealand) (video) (internet)
- Netflix (2015) (United Kingdom) (video) (internet)
- Netflix (2015) (United States) (video) (internet)
- GKIDS (2018) (United States) (theatrical)
- Anime Limited (2018) (Ireland) (Blu-ray) (as All the Anime)
- Anime Limited (2018) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray) (as All the Anime)
- GKIDS (2018) (Canada) (video) (as GKIDS)
- GKIDS (2018) (United States) (as GKIDS)
- Shout! Factory (2018) (Canada) (video)
- Shout! Factory (2018) (United States) (video)
- TC Entertainment (2018) (Japan) (Blu-ray) (as Tî Shî Entateinmento)
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (video) (VOD) (subtitled)
- Toonami (2018) (United States) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Anime International Company (AIC) (in-between animation)
- Anime Roman (in-between animation)
- Anime Spot (in-between animation)
- Atelier BWCA (background art)
- Bee Train (in-between animation)
- Buyu (digital ink and paint)
- Dogakobo (in-between animation)
- Frontline (in-between animation)
- Gainax (in-between animation)
- J.C. Staff (in-between animation)
- Kino Production (in-between animation)
- M I (in-between animation)
- Mouse (in-between animation)
- Nakamura Production (in-between animation)
- PAC (background art)
- Production I.G. (in-between animation)
- Radix (in-between animation)
- Satelight (in-between animation)
- Studio Cockpit (in-between animation)
- Studio Gimlet (digital ink and paint)
- Studio Targe (digital ink and paint)
- Trace Studio M (digital ink and paint)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
The film follows Nishi, a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, the film follows Nishi as he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more unlikely place. Nishi (and some friends) attempt to break out of their trap, and discover what it truly means to be alive along the way. This is a mind-bending trip that uses some of the most innovative animation ever created. Written by animenewsnetwork.com |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | On April Fools' 4/1/2018, Toonami on Adult Swim surprised everyone by airing this film in its original Japanese language with English subtitles. See more » |
| Goofs | Typo of "loading". In the movie it shows "Now Lording..." on the computer screen. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Top 10 Underappreciated Anime Movies (2016). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, S.244/2 See more » |
| Quotes |
Nishi:
We've gotta leave. It's that or drown. Yan: But how? Nishi: The boat, of course! Myon: The cops'll be looking for us. Nishi: So? Myon: The Yakuzas'll come after us! Nishi: So what! I wanna get out! 'Cos there's so much out there! So many different people, living different lives! Incredibly good guys, bad guys... Folks completely different from us! It's one huge melting pot! See, it's not about success, dying in the streets, who's better, who's not! I just want to be a part of it! I realized that even if I've no connections, no talent, even if I'm one big loser, I want to use my hands and feet to think and move, to shape my own life! We can just die here or we can try, see what we've got! See more » |